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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many prostitutes did Bishop Ryan estimate worked in London?
(a) 22,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 2,000.

2. How many men were employed in Great Britain at the time of the writing of this book?
(a) About 5.25 million.
(b) About 8 million.
(c) About 500,000.
(d) About 1.2 million.

3. What were fences in the section by John Binny?
(a) The way the rich did not have to think about the poor.
(b) How the government separated the criminal sections of town from other areas.
(c) Receivers of stolen goods.
(d) A way to keep your business from your neighbor's eyes.

4. What was one thing the mission about which Hemyng writes intended to do?
(a) Reduce blasphemy.
(b) Increase the saving of prostitutes to the Lord.
(c) Increase marriage.
(d) Reduce abandoned children.

5. How many paupers, prisoners and lunatics does he cite?
(a) 1500.
(b) 200,000.
(c) He has no idea.
(d) 15,000

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the fire eater have to do once to win five shillings on a bet?

2. What must someone who is physically or mentally unable to work do?

3. What does Mayhew say separates animals from plants?

4. What areas have the most prostitution?

5. What did Hemyng call a soldier who was supported by a wealthy woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was an example of a male prostitute the author gave?

2. Who did Mayhew call street folk?

3. Who did Tuckniss call a prostitute?

4. How did cab drivers obtain their cabs, how many hours did they work, and what did they sometimes do to mitigate their long hours?

5. What was pornography and why did it become illegal in London?

6. Who did Halliday say were swindlers?

7. Why did the author say "Dolly shops" were suspect?

8. What was the difference between a conductor and other street people?

9. What did the London City Mission do?

10. How prevalent was theft, where did it often occur and how did a thief make money on stolen goods?

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